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Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani
Born(1903-07-26)26 July 1903
Died26 July 1986(1986-07-26) (aged 82)
EducationIranian philosophy, Logic, Doctrine of Jurisprudence, Poetry, Literature,
Occupation(s)professor emeritus at the law School, University of Tehran, Iran
SpouseRazieh Shehabi 'Sadidi'
ChildrenMahvash, Massoud, Mansour
Notes
Main books  : <Leader of Wisdom> and < Periods of Jurisprudence> in several volumes.

Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani (Persian: محمود شهابی خراسانی, French: Mahmoud Chehabi Khorassani). was a lawyer, philosopher, jurist, and a professor emeritus at the University of Tehran in the Pahlavi Dynasty era.[1][2] He was well versed in diverse fields such as logic, doctrine of jurisprudence, philosophy, poetry, literature, and spirituality.[3]

Early years and education

Mahmoud Shehabi was born on July 26, 1903, in the town of Torbat-e Heydarieh in Iran. His father, Abd al-Salam, poet and the author of a few books, including The Secret of Love and Hidden Treasure. His maternal ancestors are the descendants of Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar a Sufi mystic, founder of Torbat-e Heydarieh, son of Salour Khan Uzbek, king of Bukhara. At the age of eleven, he left his hometown to study in Mashhad, Isfahan and finally in Tehran, and remained in this city.[4][5][2]

Career

In Tehran he first taught rational and movable sciences at the Sepahsalar High School whose name was changed to Shahid Motahari University after the Iranian revolution of 1979.[6][7] In 1933, he was appointed as professor of law, and later professor emeritus in the Faculty of Law of Tehran, where he taught law at the doctoral level, He also taught law at the Military academy and Police academy. He was a member of Tehran University’s High Council, a member of the supreme council of culture,[8] and member of the Iranian Imperial Academy of Philosophy for several times.At the request of Dr. Mohammad Hedayati, then Minister of Justice, he was appointed Supreme Judge of the Courts for a time.[6][2][4][9]

Personal life

His wife was born in Tehran, in 1907 the daughter of Doctor Abul Hassan Khan, a physician known as 'Motamedol Ateba' (The Trusted Physician).[2] She was part of the first group of women who (in Iran) attended high school at that period and earned a high level of diversified education. On her mother's side, she belonged to the Qajar dynasty. She authored a few books, including a self-awareness book titled, "knowing-self to Know God". Shehabi and his wife had three children, one girl, Mahvash, two boys. Massoud and Mansour[10]

Works

Manuscript of a poem by Shehabi written in 1984 in Mulhouse, France.[11]

Shehabi is the author of more than 50 books in Persian, English and Arabic.[7] The references and names of the majority of his works can be found in: "Scholars of Shiite civilization"[1]

The most famous ones are:[3][4]

  • He wrote a chapter of Professor Kenneth W. Morgan's book, "Islam the Straight Path" a book that is being taught in several universities around the world.
  • "A Critical View Concerning the ‘Merits of Simplicity in Truth".[12]
  • his last work "Living to Love" (Zendehe Eshgh) which was written partly in America and partly in France.[13]

Some students

Late life and death

Shehabi's Shrine in Cimetière parisien de Thiais, at 101st division, row 16.

Shehabi after the Iranian revolution of 1979 left Iran definitively and until his death in 1986 resided near his son Mansour in Mulhouse, France.[16] During these years, he traveled across European and the United States, Touring universities, cultural centers and libraries, exchanging thoughts with professors and researchers at Sorbonne in France, Heidelberg University in Germany, University of Geneva in Switzerland, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge in England, Stanford University in USA.[13] Through these years he wrote his last book ‘Zendeh Eshgh' ‘زنده عشق', which was published in Iran after his death.[3][9][5]

Shehabi died on Saturday, July 26, 1986, at the age of 83 in Mulhouse, France. The day following his death, Mr. Jacques Chirac, the mayor of Paris at the time, suggested that his body be transported from Mulhouse to Paris for burial in Père Lachaise cemetery. Mansour informed Mr. Chirac that Shehabi wished to be buried in the Chehabi's family vault in the Cimetière parisien de Thiais. Shehabi’s body was transported to Paris to be buried on Friday, August 1, 1986. Two months after his death, his wife Razieh Shehabi 'Sadidi' died in Mulhouse too on September 27, 1986, and is buried near her husband in the Parisian cemetery of Thiais.[9][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Scholars of Shiite civilization
  2. ^ a b c d ghazavat on line
  3. ^ a b c [Biography, scientific and cultural services of the late Professor Mahmoud Shehabi Khorasani, Association of Cultural Works and Honors.زندگی نامه و خدمات علمی و فرهنگی مرحوم استاد محمود شهابی خراسانی انجمن آثار ومفاخر فرهنگی. ISBN 978-964-528-280-4 تهران: انجمن آثار و مفاخر فرهنگی ،۶۶۴]
  4. ^ a b c d e Mehrnameh Magazine No. 48 August 2016, Pages 90 to 106, Tehran, Iran.
  5. ^ a b c Shehabe, kahkeshane, Danesh, Ediror: Mehdi Javadi July 2022 Teheran,Iran
  6. ^ a b "Yad-e-an- kimiagar-e-tanha" Appendix to the Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence and Law, First Year, Issue 2, Summer 2015, Tehran, Iran in memory of Mahmoud Shehabi.
  7. ^ a b Mahmoud Shehabi by Ali Najafi and Jalal Rafi: Ettelaat newspaper, national edition, Wednesday, August 23, 2009, Tehran, Iran [1]
  8. ^ Commemoration of the late Professor Mahmoud Shehabi: Ettelaat newspaper, national edition, Saturday, January 21, 2017, Tehran, Iran [2]
  9. ^ a b c Memories of college (Doran-Daneshkadeh) Etlaate publications, year 2019, first edition, Teheran, Iran. ISBN 978-600-435-107-2
  10. ^ Association of cultural Works and Honors
  11. ^ شعر ی از محمود شهابی A poem by Mahmoud Shahabi
  12. ^ A 'Critical View Concerning the 'Merits of Simplicity in Truth' by Mahmoud Shehabi, Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 1976 Hardcover - January 1, 1976 - 192 pages.
  13. ^ a b Zende Eshghe (première édition de Islamic Revolution Publications and Education) Teheran Iran,year 1992, pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  14. ^ Professor Ali Akbar Shehabi
  15. ^ Professor Parviz Saney
  16. ^ Interview with Dr. Ali Akbar Shahabi: Kayhan Farhangi magazine, 4th of July 1987, page 5, Teheran, Iran.